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G. RAYN-ER.

LAMP EXTINGUISHER.

No. 343,851.' Patente-d June 15, 1886.

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GEORGE RAYNER, OF HAOKNEY, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

LAMP-EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed June 18, 1885. Serial No; 169,087. (No model.)

4, 1885, No. 00,004,- in Germany May 20,1885, No. 35,250; in F N0. 21,670.

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RAYNER,a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. 328 Mare Street, Hackney, Middlesex county, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Lamps for Burning Paraffine and other Oils, (for which I obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain April 24, 1885, No. 4,179; in France May 22, 1885, No. 169,097; in Belgium May 4, 1.885, No. 69,004; in Germany May 20, 1885, No. 35,250,and in Austria August 20, 1885, No. 21,670,) of which the following is a specitication.

The object of my invention is to manufacture lamps for burning paraffine and other oils in an improved manner, by fitting them with simple and efficient means for extinguishing the same, such means being rendered automatic when an accident occurs, such as the falling or overturning ofthe lamp.

In carrying out my invention Ifit the wick tube or tubes with sliding flaps or covers, which close over the wicks when they rise, and thereby extinguish the flame or llames. These llaps or covers are pressed upward by suitable springs, and when they are drawn down or lowered below the tops of the wick tubes such tubes hold the lapsapart; but when allowed to rise these flaps close over the wicks. Between the wick-tubes, or ou the outer side of such wick-tubes, (or tube or circular wicktube, as the case may be,) I lit a small horizontal rod in the gallery, the outer end of which projects beyond the gallery and terminates in a ngercatch. The inner end of this rod is connected with a bell crank or cranks or other suitable devices for drawing down the extinguisher ap or flaps. 'Ihe outer end of the rod is also Iitted with a catch, which traverses a small rectangular box,in which it slides. A small cubical piece of metal or plug is attached by a chain to thelgallery. This plug may be made in an ornamental form or surmounted with a gure representing a head or bust or other suitable design. When the horizontal rod is drawn backby the nger,it lowers the extinguisher-flaps, and while in this position, if the plug is inserted in the rectanguiar box, the flaps are retained in such posil tion, and the lamp can then be lighted,I and will Patent No, 343,851, dated Jua@ 15, 1886.

Patented in England April Q4, 1885, No. 4,179; in Belgium May rance May 22, 1885, No. 169,097, and in Austria August 20,1885,

continue to burn until the plug is removed,

when the springs will immediately raise the extinguisher-flaps and extinguish the flames.

I usually make the plug about three-eighths of 5 5 an inch square at the bottom and about threequarters of an inch in height, (more or less.) This plug is therefore very easily removed from its position, either by the finger or the tilting or upsetting of thelamp, or by aknock or slight blow, by which means it becomes displaced and the lamp is thereby instantly extinguished from the springing back of the rod and the raising of the flap or iiaps; and in order that my said invention may be more clearly described and ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, wherei n one arrangement for carrying the same into effect is shown with a double wick,by way of example, and in which drawings similar let- 7o ters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a double-wick lamp tted with my invention. Fig. 2 is asection of the same; and Fig. 3 is a similar section in an inclined position, with the extinguisher-naps raised.

a a are the wicl-tubes. f

b b are the llaps for extinguishing the flames.

c c are two springs,which press against lugs g, attached to the ilaps bb. These springs not only press the extinguishing-flaps upward,but also inward,when raised, so as to overlap the tubes and extinguish the llames, as shown in Fig. 3.

d is a tube attached to the lamp under the gallery. In this tube there is a rod, e, having a nger-catch, f, for drawing the rod outward to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Y

7L is a piece of metal, which is placed in the space i, formed for its reception at the endA of 9o the tube, as shown. This block h may be surmounted by a small globe of metal, as shown, or may have a bust or other ornamentaldesign, the intention being that its center of gravity shall be sufficiently raised to insureits falling out of place when the lamp is inclined at a considerable angle, but that it should not fall out of position when slightly inclined, as

in ordinary cases of removal from place to place when carried in the hand.

e is a lip attached to the bar e, against which the block h impinges. The block h is attach ed to the gallery by the chain 7c. By throwing the block 7L out of-position by the linger the lamp may be extinguished at any time.

lis a bell-crank lever, by means of which the horizontal movement of the rod e is converted into and caused to impart vertical movement to the aps Z1 b, as shown.

I do not confine myself to any particular form of flaps for extinguishing lamps, or t0 any particular description of spring or bellcrank connection, as thc same maybe greatly varied; and various forms of extinguishingtubes and spring-aps may be used for lamps having circular Wicks.

Having nowr particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the same is to be-pcrformed, I declare that what I claim is- The combination of the Wick-tube a, the iiaps I), hinged together and sliding vertically on said tube, the spring @exerting an upward pressure on said flaps, a laterally-projecting tube, cl, a rod sliding in said tube and connected with said iiaps by a crank and formed with a lip and finger, and a block, 7L, to iit in said tube between a portion of it and the lip of the rod, to lock said iiaps below the top of the Wick-tube, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d-day of June, 1885.

GEORGE EAYNEE.

Witnesses:

GEO. O. DOWNING,

8 Quality 00u/rt, London. ARTHUR R. SKERTEN,

17 Gracechzmfch Street, London, E. C. 

